Mass General Brigham evaluates AI tools by carefully monitoring real-world performance before scaling them system-wide. At HIMSS earlier this month, Rebecca Mishuris, the health system’s chief health information officer and vice president of digital, explained what this process looks like.

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New research from Mass General Brigham demonstrates that hospital-at-home care can safely deliver comparable outcomes for rural patients — with significant cost savings when patients are transferred home early in their hospital stay.

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Mass General Brigham spun out a new company offering a generative AI platform that can rapidly interpret both structured and unstructured clinical data. Right now, the tool’s primary application is to accelerate and improve the accuracy of patient screening for clinical trials.

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Over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors have been available for people with and without diabetes for more than a year now — but the data they collect doesn’t seem to be as useful for nondiabetic users, according to new research from Mass General Brigham.

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February has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, health tech companies like Cadence and Bamboo Health hired new C-suite leaders, and providers like Mass General Brigham and Corewell Health announced rounds of job cuts.

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New research was published this week analyzing how AI can be used to better manage medications for senior patients who use multiple medications simultaneously. It analyzed FeelBetter’s AI platform, which pinpoints patients at high risk of deterioration and preventable hospitalization due to suboptimal medication management.

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Mass General Brigham researchers conducted a study to learn more about the efficacy of large language models when used to draft responses to patient messages in the EHR. The results showed that these AI tools can do a good job at reducing physicians’ workloads and improving patient education — but also that these tools have limitations that require human oversight.

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At HIMSS24, Heather O’Sullivan, Mass General Brigham’s president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is “no greater model of care for being patient-centric,” and highlighted the care modality’s ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.

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This year’s HIMSS conference featured a variety of news announcements — from acquisitions to new product launches to advanced partnerships. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference’s most notable announcements.

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At HIMSS, GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham announced that they are integrating foundation models into their collaborative AI research and development. Foundation models could help developers create healthcare AI tools “10 times faster than in the past,” according to Parminder Bhatia, GE HealthCare’s chief AI officer.

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Mass General Brigham launched a program this month in collaboration with behavioral health medical group Concert Health. Under the program, more than 400 Mass General primary care providers can refer their patients to Concert. The health system’s goal is to increase patients’ access to diagnoses and treatment for mild to moderate behavioral health issues — particularly for Medicaid patients, who are the most underserved.

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CodaMetrix, an AI platform for hospital revenue cycle management, recently closed a $55 million Series A funding round. The company, which was launched out of Mass General Brigham in 2019, is focused on simplifying the complicated process of translating patient records into codes for billing and clinical research.

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Health maintenance is in some ways overmedicalized in the U.S., according to executives at two major health systems. Treatments and procedures aren’t the only ways to support patients’ health — the leaders said that providers would be wise to invest more in social services to improve health outcomes.

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InStride Health — a virtual care provider for pediatric patients with moderate to severe anxiety and OCD — recently launched with $26 million in funding. The startup delivers insurance-covered pediatric mental health treatment using a care model developed by two of its co-founders, who are Mass General Brigham clinicians.

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There is a dearth of professionals with licenses and training to provide care for seniors’ mental and behavioral health challenges — such as Alzheimer’s and other dementias, anxiety and depression. Seattle-based Rippl Care is seeking to change this. The startup just closed a $32 million seed funding round led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst.

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Cell and gene therapy research has been hot the past few years but the overall market has cooled down in recent months. During the World Medical Innovation Forum in Boston, a panel of venture capitalists discussed capital formation and what biotech firms need to do to win over investors and advance their research.

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Massachusetts’ 11-member Health Policy Commission unanimously concluded that the expansions would drive up spending for commercially insured residents by as much as $90 million a year and boost health insurance premiums.

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As health systems pivot to virtual and at-home care, Mass General Brigham is continuing to invest in brick-and-mortar facilities as CEO Dr. Anne Klibanski believes there will always be a need for inpatient care. At HLTH, she discussed the health system’s investment in its facilities and how it is leveraging enterprise services to help keep costs down.

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Called the Innovator Community Expansion Initiative, the main goal of the effort is to pinpoint and remove obstacles keeping underrepresented groups, like women, out of the innovation process. The initiative will promote networking and education about the path to commercialization.

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The hospitals that were found to be fully compliant with the federal price transparency rule had a few strategies in common, including picking the right technology partner and beginning their efforts early — in some cases before the rule was even proposed.

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At MedCity INVEST, Mass General Brigham Chief Innovation Officer Chris Coburn shared how the health system prepared itself for Covid-19 by scaling up its digital operations.

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Our annual INVEST conference, where investors and startups meet, kicks off today as a virtual event. Chris Coburn, chief innovation officer of Mass General Brigham, is a featured speaker and startups in the area of health services will present in the first track of our INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.

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Christopher Coburn, Chief Innovation Officer with Mass General Brigham, will talk about what has worked and what has not in the current public health crisis. Register now to get the Earlybird rate with the code MCN50.

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MedCity News will host its INVEST conference online July 20-24. Speakers, including Chris Coburn of Mass General Brigham, will share insights on addressing Covid-19. Startups across biopharma, medical devices, diagnostics, health It and health services will also present their technology.

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